This is our first garden in Georgia after 25 years in Alaska. We are at least a month behind experienced gardeners but we are happy with first garden here. Our neighbor’s garden was wiped out three nights ago by deer. We had a deer visit one night, about a dozen prints and no damage. I hope and believe it was because of the 1/6th pieces of Dial soap we have all over. A Wisconsin study showed Dial was one of the best repellents. It is an experiment so we will see.
We also put in non-hybrid seeds to begin producing our own in case of a “Grid down” scenario. We didn’t plan ahead well to contain cross pollination. We manually pollinate some squash/melons, etc., close up the female flower and flag the fruit so we know which ones to use for seed.
Been here 8 months and already starting to say y’all.
Heh. :)
Your not that far behind me..I also live in Ga. East of Atlanta. I just got my tomatoes in about 2 weeks ago, pole beans coming up nicely, cucumbers, and peppers. My crook neck squash died, so I went and got more, will plant tomorrow. Also i am going to start some carrots in a large container. Just repotted my basil.
Interesting about the dial soap. We don’t have a deer problem, but squirrels are really bad. Do you know if it works on squirrels?